FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: File No. 811-653
Putnam Income Fund
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Beth S. Mazor, Vice President
Putnam Income Fund
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Copy To:
John W. Gerstmayr, Esq.
Ropes & Gray LLP
One International Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 292-1000
Date of Fiscal year-end: 10/31
Date of reporting period: 7/1/2003 - 6/30/2004
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Account Number: Putnam Income Fund
ISSUER NAME TICKER CUSIP MTG DATE MTG TYPE
Proposal Type Voted? Vote For/Agnst Mgmt
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Mariner Health Care, Inc. MHCA 56845X108 7/30/03 Annual
1.1 Elect Director Victor L. Lund MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.2 Elect Director C. Christian Winkle MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.3 Elect Director Patrick H. Daugherty MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.4 Elect Director Earl P. Holland MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.5 Elect Director Philip L. Maslowe MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.6 Elect Director Mohsin Y. Meghji MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
1.7 Elect Director M. Edward Stearns MGMT YES AGNST AGNST
Any ballot marked 'Abstain' is considered to have been voted. Ballots
marked 'Abstain' are considered to have been voted against
management's recommendation, regardless of whether the recommendation
is 'For' or 'Against,' except where management has made no
recommendation or has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain.'
Where management has recommended that shareholders 'Abstain' from
voting on a ballot item: 1) a ballot market 'Abstain' is considered to
have been voted for management's recommendation to 'Abstain' and 2) a
ballot voted 'For" or 'Against' is considered to have been voted
against management's recommendation to 'Abstain.'
Where management has made no recommendation on a ballot item, the
abbreviation "N/A" is used to denote that there is no applicable
recommendation compared to which a vote may be 'For' or 'Against' the
recommendation of management.
SIGNATURES:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Putnam Income Fund
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(Registrant)
By: /s/ Charles E. Porter*, Executive Vice President,
Associate Treasurer and Principal Executive Officer
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(Signature & Title)
Date: August 23, 2004
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* By Jonathan S. Horwitz,
pursuant to a Power-of-Attorney